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Dr. Bobby Parmar

vancouver naturopath hormonal contraception

Sifting through the risks of side effects from birth control pills and IUDs including the newest boogeyman depression.

By Fertility, HormonesNo Comments
Does the PILL make you sad? (If this week wasn’t depressing enough already) Birth control pills reign supreme in the world of hormonal contraception. 50 years later, they are the most favoured option with billions of women using them. Yes, billions. Men apparently complain too much about side effects to...
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chickenpox, shingles

Clearing up the Pox

By GeneralNo Comments

Sorting through the myths and misconceptions about Chickenpox and Shingles Many people ask questions about Chickenpox and Shingles. Parents especially want to know how to best protect their children from infection or help them if they do get infected. Most of us have lived through the Chickenpox, yet many of…

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thyroid-pregnancy loss

Preventing Pregnancy Loss. The ignored connection between miscarriage and the thyroid

By Miscarriage, PregnancyNo Comments

Women have many questions after a miscarriage. Unless the cause is discovered to be a genetic anomaly, infection, anatomical abnormality or advanced age, the answers are many times elusive. Our medical system does not fully investigate first trimester pregnancy loss unless it has happened two or sometimes three times. This…

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When Hypothyroid Symptoms are not Resolved with Synthroid? Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s disease and Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome

By General, HormonesNo Comments

When Hypothyroid Symptoms are not Resolved with Synthroid? Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s disease and Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome People who are diagnosed with Hypothyroidism are conventionally suggested one treatment option – prescription Synthroid aka T4/Thyroxine. If their hypothyroid symptoms do not improve or resolve there is generally nothing more to do, especially if…

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Clense diet

Detox Season

By DietNo Comments

Springtime in nature is the Season of renewal, regrowth, and rejuvenation.  It is a perfect time to consider a detox to take advantage of this timing in Nature.  Detoxes come in many forms from simple and easy to more complex and extreme varieties – the point being to make a…

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steriods

What to do about the side effects of steroids?

By Drugs5 Comments

Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory medications that mimic the natural anti-inflammatory hormones in our body. They are used to control an overactive immune reaction in multiple conditions like rashes, allergies, asthma, and autoimmune disorders. They are potent and highly effective, but have significant unwanted effects, the degree of which is usually dose-dependent…

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